JUNE 1891

Iwata Shônosuke (岩田庄之助) as Itagaki Taisuke (板垣退助)
 
Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as Aihara Naosuke (相原尚聚)
 
Play: [The True Story of Mr. Itagki’s Misfortune]
Itagiki-kun Sônan Jikki (板垣君遭難実記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za, Tokyo
Performance Date: 06/20/91
Print Date: 10/1891
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Image courtesy of the National Theater of Japan
 
Note:There was a subsequent production that opened on
October 21, 1891.   Iwata Shônosuke's name is written next to
the name of Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) in the cartouche
of this print, suggesting that he replaced Aoyagi Sutesaburô in
the role in this later production.
 
 
 
 

Nakamura Yanosuke (中村弥之助) as
Shafu Kenzô (車夫権三)
 
Iwata Shônosuke (岩田庄之助) as
Shôya Heizaemon (庄屋平左衛門)
 
 
Play: [Saga Rioting Record]
Saga Bôdô-ki (佐賀暴動記)
Performance Place: Nakamura-za,
Tokyo
Performance Date: 09/22/91
Print Date: 09/20/91
Artist: Utagawa Kunisada III (歌川国貞)
Personal Collection
 

  Tanaka Chôkichi (田中長吉) as
  [Younger Brother Ginzaburô]
  Otôto Ginzaburô (弟銀三郎)
 
  Kawakami Otojirô (川上音二郎) as
  Saitô Kinji (斎藤金次)

Kanaizumi Ushitarô (金泉丑太郎) as           
[Mother Osaga] Haha Osaga
(母おさが)
 
Aoyagi Sutesaburô (青柳捨三郎) as
Kôdô Shinpei (江堂新平)